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I started coding back in 2004 with my first C++ course at University. I haven’t stopped since. For work I’m mostly using C#, SQL, HTML, CSS3, and JQuery. For fun I switch back to vanilla JS and try out zany ideas. Like, how far can you push just HTML and CSS for a social media like experience and not require JavaScript (see Lillihub). Right now I’m working on my blog/game hybrid idea. Who knows what I’ll be trying to do next week 🤪

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20 Feb 25 🏹 #change log 🏹 #meta-jots

Made some progress yesterday on my blog/game hybrid. I’m thinking that the blog post will be represented by the broken tablet and you’ll need to find the key to unlock and read it, thus gaining gold and XP. The game change-log has been updated. Onward! 🐉⚔️👩‍💻

22 Oct 24 🧞 #tags-lillihub 🧞 #meta-jots: I had some time to play with code today (which I find relaxing). I’m thinking that I like conversations indented a bit on Lillihub. I have quite a few changes/updates that may go out in a month or two.

9 Oct 24 🦴 #tags-lillihub 🦴 #meta-jots: I’ve been having fun with some Lillihub updates. No promises if/when these will go out, there is a lot of testing and tweaking to be done 👩‍💻

8 Sep 24 🤺 #tai chi 🤺 #meta-jots: It was a pretty good day today. I taught tai chi in the morning, got to have some fun playing with code, went apple picking with old friends and the kids, managed to fit in yard work with much needed weeding and now I’m enjoying some time getting things set up for the upcoming week.

Dev Diary 0013 - End of January through February 🧝 1 Mar 24 🧝 #tags-lillihub

Life has been hectic. Like I mentioned back in December, I’m juggling two close family members with health issues. My mother-in-law survived the surgery, has gone through rehab, and is now back at her house (edit: and since I started writing this draft, back to the hospital). She requires a …

Private key (AES-CBC) encryption and decryption in Deno 🕷️ 12 Feb 24

I found myself needing to encrypt a small string on Deno (and subsequently decrypt it later) for a small side project. I checked out a few websites with code samples. But those didn’t work/were out of date. So this is what worked for me:

Note: I am not a security expert and I don’t play …

Dev Diary 0012: January 1st - 16th 2024 🧟 16 Jan 24 🧟 #tags-lillihub 🧟 #Fun & Games

I’ve spent the last few weeks of the New Year, like a lot of others, reflecting on where I’ve been and where I want to go. So this update is a little more rambling than most.

Work

I want to never use Azure Dev Ops again. It is giving me such a headache. I still can’t get our …

12 Jan 24 🫅 #meta-jots: At work I had to port our code base to .NET 8 and deal with all the issues that introduced. Took me the better part of three days. Getting this last error resolved in our Azure Pipeline… still haven’t got it. 😤. So demoralizing. I miss the days when it was a simple FTP the files over…

5 Jan 24 🐍 #meta-jots

Rewatched Hammock Driven Development - Rich Hickey. I already do a few things

✅ Write problems down
✅ Think deeply (I do often wake up with solutions)
✅ Draw pictures 🎨

but l want to add

Read “How to Solve It” by G. Polya
Find two solutions to problems and better understand trade-offs. (I usually stop at one solution)

5 Jan 24 👾 #productivity 👾 #meta-jots: I’m reviewing my solo development methodology and figuring out if anything needs any tweaks. Last year I tried adapting Shape Up and I think I need to shorten the cycles. Six weeks is just a bit too long for me to maintain forward momentum.